Keep calling 1-800-868-3407 between 8-10:30 EST until they tell you to stop. And you can vote on every line you have, cell, fax and land line.

I apologize if this is lame and I've never voted for a show in my life but she has been recieving tea party support even though she is not the best dancer by consistently being in the top 3 in viewer votes every week.

You may not be a fan of the show or even Bristol but I firmly believe her continued success on the show demonstrates the power of the tea party.

The news reports and pictures are quite clear — not “hearsay.” She rolled around on the floor with her partner, pretending to rip his shirt off. In a press interview, she used foul language and giggled about how she did a “lap dance” with her partner. The “naked-leg” pictures of her entwined with her partner border on immodest and unChristian — particularly for a spokeswoman for abstinence.

That’s enough evidence for me, as a conservative Christian. Is it being hyperjudgmental to say that a spokeswoman for abstinence should not be giggling about lap dances? I really don’t understand why you talk so much about our irrelevant backgrounds. Why can’t we just look at the facts?

So what you are telling me is it is good to judge other people, but no one but God should judge you. Of course, not one of your family members or associates has ever judged you. I will continue to pray for you. Pax

You keep bringing up irrelevant things. All humans — as imperfect people — must make judgments about the world around them. Society cannot survive if people cannot make judgments about inappropriate behavior. No standard will last long if no one enforces the standards.

Can you at least answer the question? In your opinion, is Bristol Palin is behaving in a trashy and sexually provocative way?

Full disclosure: I've just finished reading all of your posts on Freerepublic. No, I do not believe that Bristol is behaving in a trashy, sexual manner. Her costumes and dance moves have in fact been more conservative than the other female dancers.

I must come from a different POV than you. In my youth I was on the swim team wearing a clingy Speedo swimsuit. While living outside of Vancouver, we attended a conservative fellowship where mixed bathing (swimming), card playing and dancing were considered immoral. Back then I still believed that I could work my way to heaven through good deeds and good behavior. My redemption is not based on what I can do for Jesus Christ, instead my redemption is based on what He has done for me. Christ's unconditional love is truly amazing. For me every day is thanksgiving-for He saved a wretch like me.

By the way, I have never voted for anyone on DWTS. May every day of the year be thanksgiving for you, too. Through His grace- Maeve

My POV? I’m not talking about mixed bathing and card playing. I’m talking about Bristol cursing to reporters (the s-word), joking about lap dancing, and pretending to tear off the shirt of her partner on the dance floor. That may be less objectionable than what the others are doing, but it’s still trashy and sexual. No wonder she got pregnant.

I noticed in your prior post a positive attitude toward her mother, Sarah Palin. While is Alaska Sarah and Todd came to a practice session of Bristol and her partner. It was Sarah who joked before seeing the dance, "Is it like a lap dance?"

Yes, you have made it clear that Bristol is not up to your high standards of behavior. I have a feeling few people are up to your high standards.

I have nothing more to say about this particular topic. As one of my Irish grandmother's like to say when I wouldn't let go of a topic. "For goodness sakes, Maeve, don't keep spitting up your cud, you're not a cow." It's time for me to stop spitting up my cud.

It wouldn’t be chewing the same old cud if you answered the question. You would be chewing on something different. You would be explaining how “lap-dancing” Bristol is a good Christian witness to millions of impressionable kids watching Dancing With Stars.

There is nothing more to say on the subject. My opinion is merely my opinion, and your opinion is merely your opinion-nothing more. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. But one bit of advice-for the sake of family harmony, do not insist on having the final word. As a daughter, mother of four, mother-in-law, grandmother of ten, teacher, speaker, wife and friend I have learned the wisdom of keeping my own council on more than one occasion. God bless you, Maeve
It’s time for DWTS!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by family and friends. We had Thanksgiving early, and ate turkey enchilada on Thursday. I'd be glad to share the easy recipe with you. This Christmas we'll be able to spend time with all ten of our grandchildren (and their parents, too). Please pray for my 89 year old mother, she is in stage 3b breast cancer. You are in my prayers - Maeve

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